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Narrative entrapments in the novels of J.M.Coetzee: a postmodern feminist reading of his three female narrating personas
2006
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand
Between good end evil: on the moral ambiguity in "Buffy and the vampire slayer"
2007
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer aims to empower young women through a declared feminist agenda. The main body of this thesis explores what it is that makes Buffy a television show with a feminist agenda. This thesis analyzes areas which privileges and problematizes human agency from the perspective morals in society. The series advocates using one’s agency in order to optimize potentiality. The thesis examines emotions and human agency; manslaughter and notions of the Übermensch, and finally, the claim of agency and consequent empowerment of women. I have found that several aspects of the series problematize moral choices and p…